The first accident which has befallen the French fleet off Algiers is rather'unfortunate. On the ap- pearance of two boats' crews containing 84 persons, the Moors made an immediate descent upon the ad- venturers, and agreeably to established custom, out

off the heads of 23, which they sent into Algiers un-'| der the guardianship of the 24th. who was reserved to take charge of his headless companions, and oarry. the news of their massacre to the Dey !

The Russian General Diebitsoh, at the date of his dispatch, July 8, wa» still before Sburnla, He gives nointimatien of the line of operations he has deter- mined upon, and says nothing respecting the progress

made in the siege of that fortress.

The corporation of London are attempting to nego- tiates loan of one million sterling with the bank of England, in order to complete the woiks at the new

London bridge.

During the performance of the marriage ceremony at Yarmouth, Mr. Alexander, a Dissenter, one of the

parties, delivered a protest against the form of mar- riage according to the Church of England, on the usual grounds, viz.-that marriage is purely a civil rite, and the form not only oppressive, but one for whioh there is no scriptural authority. This protest was forwarded to the bishop, who, it appears from the Suffolk Chronicle of to-day (Aug. 8), replied to it in the following terms :-" Sir, yourremarks npon the « form of solemnization of matrimony' in the liturgy of the established church, appear to me very satisfac- tory ; and 1 would gladly undertake to give my rea- sons for thinking so in the House of Lords, did not the infirmities of age remind rae, in a manner not to bo mistaken, that I am near the end of my journey to that country where they neither marry nor are given ¡n marriage.*

Mr. Villiers, barrister-at-Iaw, and nephew of the Earl of Clarenden, has been appointed a commission- er of bankrupts, in the place of the Hon. Charles Law, resigned.

An order for upwards of 20 mail coaches was in course of execution for the Spanish government, by a

staker of coaches in the Westminster road.

In Yunnan, say the last imperial rescripts, a son of the devil lately lifted his battle axe against the Chi- nese throne, his name was Cfianyinglan. He hired Wakenselim to make a seal like that of the cmpeior, and this be affixed to a manifesto. Wakenielira was taken and cut into ten thousand pieces but Cliany inglan fled lo Seaouchoti. Tbe rebel Chanyinglan, in the hurry of his flight, was obliged to leave all bis , tea equipage behind him, and is supposed to be wan-

dering in despair. 'Long may the wrath of heaven follow him,' sa\s the rescript, and ' long may he be

without his tea.'

Mr. Serjeant Bosanquet and Mr. Gurney, in addi- tion to Mr. Bolland, are now mentioned as likely to .ucceed Sir John Huliock on the bench of the exche- quer.

J. Dawson, Esq. of Annamartin, county of Ferma- nagh, put an end to his existence on Monday last, by ?hooting himself through the heart.

The capitulation of Silistria, confirmed by the bul- letin of General Diebitscb, and the advance of that officer, at the head ef 40,000 men, across the Balkan towards the ill fortified walls of Adrianople, are amongst our latest news, bat the latter statement ia not authenticated by concurrent testimonies worthy of «redit. Strong hopes nre still entertained by those who possess the best information, that the negotiations are proceeding successfully.

The beautiful estate of Oatlands, Surry, solong ' the residence of the late Duke of York, waa told by

auction in July last, in lots, of whioh Lord King was the principal purchaser 270,000¿.

Ireland, now' that emancipation has been carried, is restored to its ordinary, and what has at times been regarded its natural and healthy state;-of which

riots without intelligible cause-the rabb'e stoning tbe police, and the police firing on the rabble-fre quent murder, and more frequent justifiable homicide -and a gem ral prevalence of reckless turbulence and contempt of the law, seem to be the characteris- tic symptoms,

ARTIFICERS MEASURING.

1, Glazing and mason's flat work are measured and charged by the foot.

Bricklayers, in London, which is the criterion fnr Van Diemen's land, always value their work at the rate of a brick and a lialf thick ; and if the wall b* ' more or less, it mutt be reduced to that standard

thickness. Plasterers leave out all openings, such as window*., doors, lire places, and are paid only for what their trowel goes over. Plastering in Lon- don. 1829, is done for 4d. the square yard for the wails and 6d the ceiling with three coats of lime, finithed in a superior (manner. A pair of Sawyers on an average one dey with another will cut 250 feet per da). Some days they will cut 350! bot the .veíale of 250 alhws two days in the week for erecting a taw pit, (utting down the trees and crnss «utting them. A sawyer over and above the cost of his pro»issions, wbi:h on the overage does not ti this time cost more han lad. a day inoluding to- bacco, wilt cit'ar fron 30s. to 40s. a week. These accumulated for scéral weeks are, it is much to b« regretted, arejtoo fequently spent in ram in lets than «o many days, *

^ . Meaturcient of Sawed,Timber, ?

Approved by the g>vernraent at Sydney, and gene- rally adopted by tlaïsettlers.